CN109643081A - Metallization includes the method for the optical element of surface relief structure - Google Patents

Metallization includes the method for the optical element of surface relief structure Download PDF

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CN109643081A
CN109643081A CN201780034154.4A CN201780034154A CN109643081A CN 109643081 A CN109643081 A CN 109643081A CN 201780034154 A CN201780034154 A CN 201780034154A CN 109643081 A CN109643081 A CN 109643081A
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拉尔斯·林德沃德
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Abstract

Provide a kind of method that metal structure is formed on the optical element for including surface relief structure, this method comprises: metalliferous ink (14) is coated to the surface relief structure (12) to form the metal structure, wherein the metalliferous ink includes one or more organic solvents and as follows one or more: uniform soluble metal salt;Metal complex;Or size is less than the metal nanoparticle of 50nm.

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Metallization includes the method for the optical element of surface relief structure
The present invention relates to the methods and apparatus that metallization includes the optical element of surface relief structure.More specifically, this hair It is bright to be related to using the metallic ink metallization comprising metal salt, metal complex and/or nano particle including surface relief structure Optical element method and apparatus.
The technology of metalized surface relief fabric is many institute's weeks in the optically variable device field of such as banknote and credit card Know.In both cases, which is all based on the offline process that the whole surface of wherein structuring foil is metallized.Permitted In more situations/application in, this metallized foils containing Difraction surface relief fabric then pass through chemistry route and are partly gone Metallization.It should be appreciated that such process is time-consuming and can generate sizable waste.
Other methods of diffraction efficiency for enhancing surface relief grating include depositing one or more layers to have high refraction The modification of the transparent dielectric of rate, the transparent dielectric are usually made of refractory material, such as: TiO2、HfO2、ZrO2、Ta2O5 And ZnS.All these substances usually have the refractive index within the scope of 2.0-2.3.It is most of for polymerizeing in these materials Security printing on object foil, the polymer foil pass through various vacuum deposition methods before or after embossing or moulding technology Coating.
Therefore, this field becomes known for carrying out high-test metal to the optical element for including surface relief structure there are this kind of The technical problem that the method for change is limited in terms of output and manufacture flexibility.The present invention is dedicated to solving in one aspect above-mentioned Problem.
According to the first aspect of the invention, provide it is a kind of include surface relief structure optical element on form metal The method of structure is coated to this method comprises: will contain metallic ink to form the metal structure in the surface relief structure, It include wherein one or more organic solvents and as follows one or more containing metallic ink: uniform soluble metal salt;Gold Belong to complex compound;Or size is less than the metal nanoparticle of 50nm.
In one embodiment, the metal or include metal or metal ion selected from the group below containing metal component: silver, Gold, copper, ruthenium, osmium, iridium and platinum.
In one embodiment, the metal or containing metal component include silver or silver ion.
In one embodiment, the solvent or every kind of solvent are selected from the group: alcohol, ester, ketone, glycol ether or phenolic ether.
In one embodiment, the surface tension of at least one solvent is less than or equal to 25dyn/cm (dynes per centimeter).
In one embodiment, the surface tension of at least one solvent is greater than or equal to 30dyn/cm.
In one embodiment, the metal structure is in one or more dimensions with the size between 10-500nm.
In one embodiment, the metal structure is in one or more dimensions with the size between 20-100nm.
In one embodiment, the metal structure is in one or more dimensions with the size between 20-50nm.
In one embodiment, the metal structure has >=1 optical density.
In one embodiment, the metal structure has optical density of the range in 1 to 6.
In one embodiment, the metal structure has optical density of the range in 2 to 4.
In one embodiment, the applying step includes printing in the surface relief structure of the optical element Or coating contains metallic ink.
In one embodiment, the print steps include following one or more: printed on line (inline Printing), on-demand printing (on demond printing) or registration printing (in-register printing).
In one embodiment, the printing or coating include as follows one or more: dispensing (dispensing), spray It is ink print, aerosol injection, hectographic printing, silk-screen printing, bat printing, intaglio printing, flexible version printing, stencilization, coining, quiet Reply print or lithographic printing by cable.
In one embodiment, the surface relief structure includes the surface texture for limiting multiple peak and valleys, and wherein The metal structure is completely covered the peak of the surface relief structure and is filled up completely the paddy between peak.
In one embodiment, the surface relief structure includes the surface texture for limiting multiple peak and valleys, and wherein The metal structure limits conformal coating in the peak and valley of the surface relief structure.
In one embodiment, the surface relief structure is had and the surface undulation knot by partially metallised to limit The partially metallised structure of the identical pitch of structure.
In one embodiment, after the applying step, the method also includes dry described containing metallic ink Step.
In one embodiment, the drying steps are executed so that the coated temperature containing metallic ink is in 80-300 Within the temperature range of DEG C.
In one embodiment, the drying steps are executed so that the coated temperature 120-180 containing metallic ink Within the temperature range of DEG C.
In one embodiment, the drying steps were performed less than 5 minutes.
In one embodiment, the drying steps were performed less than 1 minute.
In one embodiment, the method also includes being coated to the metal structure for coating or foil.
In one embodiment, the optical element includes following one or more: Difraction surface relief fabric;It returns Reflect (retro-reflective) surface relief structure;Plasma surface relief fabric.
In one embodiment, the optical element can be operated to generate schemochrome.
In one embodiment, the optical element includes photoelectric device.
According to the second aspect of the invention, a kind of optical element is provided, including passes through any one of preceding claims The metalized surface relief fabric that the method is formed.
In one embodiment, the optical element includes following one or more: Difraction surface relief fabric;It returns Reflecting surface relief fabric;Plasma surface relief fabric.
In one embodiment, the optical element can be operated to generate schemochrome.
In one embodiment, the optical element includes photoelectric device.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a kind of formed in surface relief structure by coating containing metallic ink The method of metal nano dimensional structure.
In one embodiment, the coating method is for applying containing metallic ink to generate metal in surface undulation The printing or coating method of nano-scale structure.
In one embodiment, the coating method is for applying containing metallic ink in surface relief diffractive structure Metal nano dimensional structure is generated to enhance the printing or coating method of phase-modulation.
In one embodiment, the printing process is online, or on-demand or register, or more than All combinations.
According to an aspect of the invention, there is provided a kind of metal nano ruler as described in any one of the preceding claims Very little structure, including any of metallic element.
In one embodiment, described to contain metallic element containing metallic ink, as uniform soluble salt, metal complex Or nanoparticle exists.
In one embodiment, the metal is silver.
In one embodiment, described to may be preferable for the suitable of the printing surface relief diffractive structure containing metallic ink When deposition, wetting, drying and adherency, including one or more solvents are to obtain required viscosity, solid supported, stability and drying Property, wherein solvent of preferably at least one surface tension less than 25dyn/cm and at least one surface tension are greater than 30dyn/cm Other solvents combination.
In one embodiment, the solvent used is alcohol, ester, ketone, glycol ether and phenolic ether.
In one embodiment, the Difraction surface relief fabric is completely filled (ginseng and being printed with printing ink See Fig. 3), wherein the ink be perhaps partly made of uniform soluble metal salt or metal complex or partly by Nano particle of the size less than or equal to 50nm forms.
In one embodiment, metal conformal coating is formed on the Difraction surface relief fabric.
In one embodiment, metal deposit is carried out to the Difraction surface relief fabric, had and the table to obtain The partially metallised structure of face relief fabric same pitch.
In one embodiment, the method can be operated to prepare in one or more dimensions having a size of 10-500nm, Preferred size is 20-100nm, more preferably having a size of the metallization structure of 20-50nm.
In one embodiment, the method can be used for preparing in one or more dimensions having a size of 1-500nm, preferably ruler Very little is 2-100nm, more preferably having a size of the metallization structure of 2-50nm.
In one embodiment, by dispensing, ink jet printing, aerosol injection, hectographic printing, silk-screen printing, bat printing, recessed Version printing, flexible version printing, stencilization, coining, xerography or offset printing are printed or are coated.
In one embodiment, the method for executing the dry printing ink, wherein the temperature of ink is at 80-300 DEG C In temperature range, preferably within the temperature range of 120-180 DEG C, and drying time less than 5 minutes, preferably smaller than 1 minute.
In one embodiment, the deposition method is on-demand and convenient for change, such as ink jet printing in operation.
In one embodiment, the metal structure by covering metal structure another material protection, such as coating or Foil.
Detailed description of the present invention embodiment with reference to the drawings, in which:
Fig. 1 shows a kind of illustrative methods according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 to 4 shows the optical element including the metalized surface relief fabric manufactured according to embodiments of the present invention Different modifications;And
Fig. 5 shows the scanning of the optical element including the metalized surface relief fabric formed according to embodiments of the present invention Electron micrograph (SEM).
In some respects, the present invention provides by directly increasing material (additive) printing process to any nanometer or micro- knot The method of structure surface coating metal coating.Another aspect of the present invention is that being formed by metal coating makes coated nanometer Or micro-structure has the increasing of the specular reflective of height or the phase-modulation of reflected light, desired color or required electrical properties By force or combinations of the above.
Operating method of the invention is described referring now to Fig. 1.Fig. 1 shows the one of non-limiting embodiment of the invention As flow chart.
Step 100: sample substrate is provided
The embodiment of the present invention is related to enhancing Difraction surface relief fabric.Exemplary diffraction surface relief structure can be such as For the grating and optical authentication device of spectrometer, such as a part of credit card and banknote.Surface undulation nanometer and micro-structure Diffraction effect be well-known in optics circle.These structures have very big business and technical meaning, because they can be with It is easy to be mass produced duplication using various embossing and casting technique based on thermosetting property or photo-curing material.For example, can be with It is used as described in EP 1150843B1Method.However, the type of Difraction surface relief fabric, form and opening up It flutters structure and manufacturing method is not important for the purpose of the present invention, no longer further discuss here.
This method proceeds to step 102.
Step 102: providing and contain metallic ink
Inventors of the present invention have surprisingly found that various industrial printing processes can be used.In embodiments, can make With one group of specific commercial silver-base metal ink.It is also possible, however, to use other suitable metals.
In non-limiting embodiment, these inks are prepared again to obtain desirable properties of the invention.Applicable print Brush and the non-limiting specific example of coating method are: ink-jet, intaglio printing, flexographic printing and slot coated.
Inventor has found that the preferred form containing metallic ink for the purpose of the present invention including wherein metal with metal It is that salt or metal complex are presented or containing metallic ink be wherein the homogeneous liquid based on particle.Metal salt or metal complex Need to dissolve in one or more organic solvents.The typical case of suitable metal salt or metal complex can in US 7,955, It is found in 528.However, the non-limitative example for being suitable for the invention metal or metal ion include: silver, gold, copper, ruthenium, osmium, Iridium and platinum.The non-limitative example of suitable ligand for metal complex can be carbamate.
As an alternative, ink includes most of lower than 50nm and preferred if metalliferous ink is based on particle Particle lower than 10nm, so as to form the conformal continuous coated of the final metal coating of 10-100nm for nanostructure.Non- In limitative examples, about 50% or more particle size is less than 50nm, preferably smaller than 10nm.
For preparing again, solvent is needed to keep stability of ink and shelf-life when dry by distinct methods, can The silver content of formula is reduced under the requirement of printing and film forming characteristics.According to the ink to prepare again, the printing process used (described below) and drying means (described below) and the adhesive force of printed layer etc., can find out solvent appropriate or molten Agent composition.For this purpose, preferred compound is the typical organic solvents for ink, such as alcohol, ester, ketone, glycol ether And phenolic ether.Again preparing and generating viscosity is 0.5-100cP, the preferably mixture of 1-50cP.
This method proceeds to step 104.
Step 104: deposited metal layer
In order to promote diffraction efficiency, is usually coated by all standing metal and thin metal coating is coated to optical grating construction.Gold Belong to layer and increase the refractive index of surface undulation, to also enhance phase-modulation.If additional polymer coating is coated to On the metal layer, then the additional polymeric layer is also used as protective layer, such as the protection structure for preventing forgery.
It is preferable to use carry out on-demand printed on line or coating containing metallic ink described in step 102 to apply for metal structure It applies, to generate metal nano dimensional structure in surface relief structure, to enhance phase-modulation.
In embodiments, it is expected that metal coating is conformal and uniform shallow layer, so that surface nano-structure is completely simultaneously And there are the diffractive properties of enhancing after application.In embodiments, metal coating can be applied by industrial printing processes, with It is directly integrated with the known printing process based on continuous net.
In embodiments, it may include following one or more for printing or coating: dispensing, ink jet printing, aerosol spray It penetrates, hectographic printing, silk-screen printing, bat printing, intaglio printing, flexible version printing, stencilization, coining, xerography or plate print Brush.
Desired effect is that the surface relief structure is made to have height mirror surface anti-in observation surface relief structure downwards Penetrating property, or the phase-modulation of reflected light significantly increases when being observed by substrate.
Different configurations as shown in Figures 2 to 4 can be used.Fig. 2 to Fig. 4 shows load-bearing surface fluctuating 12 and metal coating 14 substrate 10.Coating 14 can be conformal (as shown in Figure 2), is partially filled with (as shown in Figure 3) or fill up entire grating knot Structure (as shown in Figure 4).
This method proceeds to step 106.
Step 106: dry and solidified sample
In embodiments, can optionally be dried and/or be solidified can be between 50 DEG C to 250 DEG C for printed metal layer At a temperature of, preferably carried out between 100 DEG C to 200 DEG C.In other embodiments, dry and/or solidification can be at 80 DEG C -300 Between DEG C, preferably 120-180 DEG C progress.1 to 5 minute preferred time ruler can be used.
This method proceeds to step 108.
Step 108: coating protective coating
It is alternatively possible to which protective foil or coating are coated on metalized surface surface relief grating.
The following exemplary embodiment of the method for the present invention will be illustrated with reference to lower example 1 to 8.In each case, this hair Bright method all generates the metallization optical element of high quality.Exemplary optical element may include diffraction, nanometer or micro-structural Surface, holographic and/or other surfaces provide schemochrome surface while using rapidly and effectively manufacturing method.As Additional or replacement, these metal surfaces can also show height reflex reflection and reflecting attribute.
Example 1
By Cabot (Cabot) ink CMI 300 (Cabot Co., Ltd, the U.S.), the stable silver nano-grain base of 0.4ml The Dowanol methyl of ink and 0.2ml(carbitol) mixing.Use the Dimatix with 10pL print head 2831 with 20 microns of drop spacing by the mixture ink jet printing to made of UV resin it is open holography nanostructure on, The nanostructure passes throughMethod is prepared in OPP film substrate.The sample of printing is transparent and appearance is omited Band yellow.The sample of printing is solidified 5 minutes in 130 DEG C of baking oven.Obtained sample is seeing down into the open holography Bright and high reflectivity metalized holographic figure is shown when structure, shows the diffraction from prototype structure in reflected intensity side Face is greatly enlarged.Using backlight, the image of printing is shown as navy blue, this together illustrates surface holography with above-mentioned observation result With a thickness of conformal, the continuous and uniform silverskin of about 30-50nm on figure.
Example 2
It must by the Liquid X (Liquid X type metal company, the U.S.) and the Dowanol methyl card of 0.4ml of 0.8ml Alcohol mixing.The mixture ink jet printing is arrived with 20 microns of drop spacing using the Dimatix 2831 with 10pL print head In the open holography nanostructure made of UV resin, the nanostructure passes throughMethod is in OPP film base It is prepared on bottom.The sample of printing is transparent, and in appearance without apparent color.By the sample of printing at 130 DEG C Solidify 5 minutes in baking oven.Resulting sample shows bright and high reflectivity metalized holographic figure, shows from original knot The diffraction of structure is greatly enlarged in terms of reflected intensity.Using backlight, the image of printing has green tone.
Example 3
The Dowanol methyl carbitol of the Inktec CO-011 ink (Inktec, South Korea) of 0.8ml and 0.4ml is mixed It closes.Using the Dimatix 2831 with 10pL print head with 20 microns of drop spacing by the mixture ink jet printing to by UV In open holography nanostructure made of resin, the nanostructure passes throughMethod is in OPP film substrate Preparation.The sample of printing is transparent, and in appearance without apparent color.Baking oven by the sample of printing at 130 DEG C Middle solidification 5 minutes.Resulting sample shows bright and high reflectivity metalized holographic figure, shows from prototype structure Diffraction is greatly enlarged in terms of reflected intensity.
Example 4
Passing throughThe open holography nanometer made of UV resin that method is prepared in OPP film substrate In structure, with 4 microns of k sticks (k-bar scrapes inker) D50=70nm coated nanoparticles silver ink water Sicrys I50T-13 (PVnanoCell, Israel).Sample is solidified 5 minutes at 130 DEG C.Before showing approximate 100nm and being averaged silver thickness After weigh basilar memebrane.Resulting sample is displayed without diffraction when the open surface for seeing down into coating rises and falls.However, through holding Carry the substrate observation of hologram, it is seen that the diffraction of the reflected intensity amplification from prototype structure.
Example 5
Passing throughThe open holography nanometer made of UV resin that method is prepared in OPP film substrate In structure, 66mg nano particle silver ink water Sicrys I50T-13 (PVnanoCell, with color is coated with 4 microns of k sticks (k-bar) Column) and 57mg Dowanol DPnB mixture.Sample is solidified 5 minutes at 130 DEG C.According to calculating, average silver thickness It is about 50nm.Obtained sample shows some diffraction in the open surface undulation for seeing down into the coating, but is less than not The reference substance of coating.However, seeing the diffraction from prototype structure in reflected intensity side through the substrate observation of carrying hologram Face is greatly enlarged.
Example 6
Use the Inktec TEC-PR-010 ink (Inktec, South Korea) and 5-95% (body for containing 5-95% (volume) Product) solvent or solvent mixture multicomponent ink.The metal-containing solutions layer is arrived with Polaris PQ-512 ink jet printing In the open holography nanostructure made of UV resin, the nanostructure passes throughMethod is in PET film base It is prepared on bottom.Ink is solidified 10 minutes at 160 DEG C, bright and strong reflection metal layer is generated, shows original fluctuating The diffraction of structure dramatically increases, and the reflected intensity of the structure is greatly enlarged.
Example 7
Use the Inktec TEC-CO-011 ink (Inktec, South Korea) and 5-95% (body for containing 5-95% (volume) Product) itself containing one or more ingredients solvent multicomponent ink.The metal-containing solutions layer is coated to by UV resin In manufactured open holographic nanostructure, the nanostructure passes throughMethod is prepared in PET film substrate. The metallic ink is deposited on this structure using Polaris PQ-512 ink jet printing head.By the liquid ink water layer 160 Solidify 10 minutes at DEG C, generates bright and strong reflection metal layer, show that the diffraction of original relief fabric dramatically increases, and And the reflected intensity of the structure is greatly enlarged.
Example 8
Passing throughThe open holography nanometer made of UV resin that method is prepared in OPP film substrate In structure, with 4 microns of k stick (k-bar) D50=70nm coated nanoparticles silver ink water Sicrys I50T-13 (PVnanoCell, Israel).
Metal film is coated to (nanostructure passes through in the substrate of holography nanostructure made of UV resinMethod is prepared in PET film substrate), then by using Adphos MPP-120 lamp (Adphos group, moral State) continue the wet metal film of the solidification of photodissociation in 0.001 to 2 seconds between 50% to 100%.Solidify the metal for generating bright and strong reflection Layer, shows that the diffraction of original relief fabric dramatically increases, and the reflected intensity of the structure is greatly enlarged.
The advantages of can see the method for the present invention in Fig. 5.Fig. 5 shows the scanning electron microscopy of Ag metallization diffraction grating Mirror (SEM) figure.The flute density of grating is about 1400 lines/mm.It usesTechnology is by grating replication to PET foil On.Duplicate is using made of the photo curable acrylate based resin of X-29 from Stensborg A/S.
Show the surface undulation metal layer obtained using CO-011.Silver metal layer is located at surface undulation as conformal coating Top.In the case where silver layer is not present, which is removed by ultra-soft high viscosity adhesive tape.As shown, whole surface has Flat (even), metal layer that is smooth and being uniformly distributed (well-distributed).
Following embodiment is not belonging to the scope of the present invention, and for illustrating the method for the present invention changing relative to known method Into.
Example 9
Passing throughThe open holography nanometer made of UV resin that method is prepared in OPP film substrate In structure, 3 kinds different metal gravure plate ink Eckhart (Germany): Ultrastar are coated with 4 microns of k sticks (k-bar) GX2561, Ultrastar FX-1604 and Ultrastar GX-2807.Metal component is having a size of 6-8 microns and thickness is less than The aluminum slice of 100nm.Sample is 2 minutes dry at 70 DEG C.For all samples, open table is seen down into from prototype structure The diffraction efficiency of face relief fabric does not enhance, but the substrate for penetrating the carrying surface relief structure observes faint increasing By force.In these cases, effect is far below reflected intensity greatly enlarged seen in example 1-3.
Example 10
The open holography nanostructure made of UV resin, passes throughMethod makes in PET film substrate Conductive ink water-color paintbrush (Circuit Scribe Conductive Ink is drawn with the circuit from Electroninks (U.S.) Pen) 1 Ω/cm is drawn.For all samples, when see open surface directly down or from top at any angle from when, The feature of original relief fabric can not be identified.Sample is kept to towards light source and is penetrated the reverse side of substrate observation relief fabric When, the enhancing of hologram is not observed.
As described above, contain metallic ink the present invention provides a kind of on-demand printed on line or coating, the dry ink with Generate the element containing optics of metals with nano-scale structure (for example, surface relief diffractive structure for enhancing phase-modulation) Method.
In this way, the present invention can be realized the nanometer of manufacture metallization and the completely new technique of micro-structure, whole or portion are used Point register (in-register), printed on line, and be cost-efficient.This metalliferous nanometer and micro-structure can To be, for example, to be used for retroreflecting (retro-reflective) purpose and spectrum purposes.The metallization process system can be used Another example for the optical module made is the wavelength (de) multiplexing component used in telecommunications application.
In addition, by the ability that ink-jet coats metallic nanotubes coating on demand to polymeric substrates creation is had etc. The layer of gas ions attribute is possibly realized.Shown already this plasmasphere can control soild state transmitter transmitting light (such as Direction and polarization) and the coupling efficiency of solar battery can be enhanced.It has also been found that surface plasma can be used for itself or with spread out It penetrates structure combination and generates schemochrome.Using method described in present patent application, can be manufactured in online (in-line) technique Structure with above-mentioned attribute, without expensive offline (off-line) vacuum deposition device.
Another application for applying metallic nanotubes coating on demand by ink-jet is the optical bio based on monolithic optical waveguide Sensor.This waveguide is usually required using refractory material, only for example, such as TiO2、HfO2、ZrO2、Ta2O5With ZnS etc..Institute Having these substances usually has the refractive index in the section 2.0-2.3.This is that waveguide connects with the biological sample usually with high-moisture Typical refractive range needed for touching operation.Itd is proposed metallic nanotubes coating is used, makes it possible to realize in online process Use to these materials for usually requiring expensive offline process, consequently facilitating manufacture disposable optical biosensor.With In the use of metallic nanotubes coating being to be easy to know molecular pattern on the other hand in the optical waveguide of the sensing based on evanescent field The suitable layers of (compatible reaction) are not fixed on the layer.
It the composite can be widely applied to holographic printing, holographic embossing, optical sensor, solar battery, TFT-LCD (film Transistor liquid crystal display (TFT-LCD)), OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode), the fields such as flexible display.Those skilled in the art will manage Solution, aforementioned disclosed concept and specific embodiment can be easily used as modifying or designed for realizing the identical mesh of the present invention Other embodiments basis.It will also be appreciated by those of skill in the art that these equivalent embodiments are without departing from appended The spirit and scope of the present invention illustrated in claim.
Specifically various embodiments of the present invention were described in reference example already.Although being shown in the attached drawings specific It example and is described in detail, it should be understood that, these attached drawings and detailed description are not intended to send out this It is bright to be limited in disclosed concrete form.Will understand that the embodiment that describes within the scope of the present invention carry out various change and Modification.

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1. a kind of method that metal structure is formed on the optical element for including surface relief structure, this method comprises:
Metallic ink will be contained and be coated to the surface relief structure to form the metal structure, wherein the packet containing metallic ink Containing one or more organic solvents and as follows one or more: uniform soluble metal salt;Metal complex;Or size is small In the metal nanoparticle of 50nm.
2. according to the method described in claim 1, wherein, the metal or include metal or gold selected from the group below containing metal component Belong to ion: silver, gold, copper, ruthenium, osmium, iridium and platinum.
3. according to the method described in claim 2, wherein, the metal or include silver or silver ion containing metal component.
4. method according to claim 1,2 or 3, wherein the solvent or every kind of solvent are selected from the group: alcohol, ester, ketone, Glycol ether or phenolic ether.
5. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the surface tension of at least one solvent is less than or waits In 25dyn/cm.
6. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the surface tension of at least one solvent is greater than or waits In 30dyn/cm.
7. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the metal structure is in one or more dimensions With the size between 10-500nm.
8. according to the method described in claim 7, wherein, the metal structure has 20-100nm in one or more dimensions Between size.
9. according to the method described in claim 8, wherein, the metal structure has 20-50nm in one or more dimensions Between size.
10. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the metal structure has >=1 optical density.
11. according to the method described in claim 10, wherein, the metal structure has optical density of the range in 1 to 6.
12. according to the method for claim 11, wherein the metal structure has optical density of the range in 2 to 4.
13. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the applying step is included in the optical element The surface relief structure on print or coating is described contains metallic ink.
14. according to the method for claim 13, wherein the print steps include following one or more: online print Brush, on-demand printing or registration printing.
15. method described in 3 or 14 according to claim 1, wherein the printing or coating include as follows one or more: Dispensing, ink jet printing, aerosol injection, hectographic printing, silk-screen printing, bat printing, intaglio printing, flexible version printing, stencilization, Coining, xerography or lithographic printing.
16. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the surface relief structure includes limiting multiple peaks With the surface texture of paddy, and wherein the metal structure peak of the surface relief structure is completely covered and be filled up completely peak it Between paddy.
17. according to claim 1 to method described in any one of 15, wherein the surface relief structure includes that restriction is multiple The surface texture of peak and valley, and wherein the metal structure limits conformal painting in the peak and valley of the surface relief structure Layer.
18. according to claim 1 to method described in any one of 15, wherein the surface relief structure is partially metallised To limit the partially metallised structure with pitch identical with the surface relief structure.
19. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein after the applying step, the method also includes Dry described the step of containing metallic ink.
20. according to the method for claim 19, wherein execute the drying steps so that coated contains metallic ink Temperature within the temperature range of 80-300 DEG C.
21. according to the method for claim 20, wherein execute the drying steps so that coated contains metallic ink Temperature within the temperature range of 120-180 DEG C.
22. according to the method for claim 20 or 21, wherein the drying steps were performed less than 5 minutes.
23. according to the method for claim 22, wherein the drying steps were performed less than 1 minute.
24. method according to any of the preceding claims further includes that coating or foil are coated to the metal structure The step of.
25. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the optical element includes following one or more It is a: Difraction surface relief fabric;Holographic surface relief structure;Retro-reflective surfaces relief fabric;Plasma surface, which rises and falls, to be tied Structure.
26. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the optical element can be operated to generate structure Color.
27. method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the optical element includes photoelectric device.
28. a kind of optical element, the metalized surface including being formed by method described in any one of preceding claims is risen Lie prostrate structure.
29. optical element according to claim 28, wherein the optical element includes following one or more: diffraction Surface relief structure;Holographic surface relief structure;Retro-reflective surfaces relief fabric;Plasma surface relief fabric.
30. the optical element according to claim 28 or 29, wherein the optical element can be operated to generate schemochrome.
31. according to optical element described in claim 28,29 or 30, wherein the optical element includes photoelectric device.
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